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Public Pizza Italian Kitchen & Wine Bar, Yonkers
Zeus Brewing Company, Poughkeepsie
Heritage Food + Drink, Wappingers Falls
papi’, White Plains
DINING
we probably should have always been doing,” he notes.
Kalandranis had been planning to renovate the patio but instead spent “a couple grand” on efforts to adapt to the industry’s new norm. “That’s a lot of money when you don’t have that much coming in,” he says.
At the fast-casual papi’ in White Plains, hand sanitizers line the walls; employees are checked daily for fevers; and manager Alessandro Crocco has transformed his ordering kiosks into touchless, Alexa- type engines. “It speaks to you when you get close,” he explains.
QR codes for menu viewing and ordering dot just about every surface inside and out, allowing patrons the privilege of enjoying the eatery’s signature pinsa pizza without ever setting foot in its doors. Furthermore, tables and chairs are wiped down not only after they’ve been vacated, Crocco says, but also as people take their seats, so “they can see it happening and feel safe.”
Disposable, single-use menus are in play at all spaced and oft-sanitized tables at First Generation Hospitality restaurants, which include Pizza & Brew and Via Forno Wood Fired Pizza & Vinoteca, both in Scarsdale, as well as the new Public Pizza Italian Kitchen & Wine Bar in Ridgehill.
Owner John Racanelli sums up the dining scene well as he says the biggest change at his establishments has been “the increased need for patience as everyone navigates these uncharted waters.”
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